Luke Hameloth
Mr. Burns
AP U.S. History
12/8/17
During a time of internal strife on the ethicalness of slavery and the partisan battles in
America’s politics, America had entered into a controversial war with Mexico over land
disputes. Many people were in favor of this war, while others were not. People in the North,
specifically the New England area, were against the war as they saw it as a needlessly bloody
war that would bring bloodshed and be a waste of money. The South and West on the other hand,
were generally for the war as they saw it as a way to expand slave-owning territory and to avoid
